What is Ourcommonstories.com?

Ourcommonstories.com is adware which takes users to third-party sites and promotes affiliate sites by pushing rogue pop-ups to users. Once users land on the site, the virus displays a dialogue box which will offer you to click on the “Allow” button. The main purpose of this adware is to gather as many subscribers as possible for bigger income using pay-per-click marketing scheme (revenue is collected from users’ clicks on advertisements). Nevertheless, there is no difference if you press Allow or Block, the adware starts sending various intrusive commercial content once you click on the pop-up or anywhere in the page. Although it seems like a harmless virus, Ourcommonstories.com might redirect you to malicious domains, share your personal data with third-party companies and trick you into installing other malware programs. Hence, you need to remove Ourcommonstories.com as soon as you notice any intrusive and unwanted behavior on the system or the browser directly.

Recommended Anti-malware tools:

The easiest and most modern way of removing pop-ups, trojans, ransomware, or other viruses is to use automatic removal tools. See our Anti-malware tools below for further instructions.

Step 1: Remove Ourcommonstories.com pop-up from browsers

Uninstall Ourcommonstories.com from Google Chrome:

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Push Alt + F.
3. Click Tools.
4. Choose Extensions.
5. Find suspicious and unfamiliar extensions.
6. Click the trash can icon to remove them.
7. Push Alt + F.
8. Select Settings.
9. Type notifications into the search bar.
10. Select Content settings.
11. Select Notifications.
12. Find Ourcommonstories.com in the Allow list.
13. Click on three dots next to Ourcommonstories.com and select Remove.

Learn more about removing extensions from Chrome.

Remove Ourcommonstories.com from Mozilla Firefox:

1. Open Firefox.
2. Push Shift + Ctrl + A.
3. Choose Ourcommonstories.com.
4. Click Disable or Remove button.

Learn more about removing extensions from Firefox.

Remove Ourcommonstories.com from Microsoft Edge:

1. Press Settings and more button
2. Choose and Click on Extensions
3. Find Ourcommonstories.com extension and click settings
4. Press Uninstall button
5. Start Edge again

Learn more about removing extensions from Edge.

Remove Ourcommonstories.com from Internet Explorer:

1. Open IE.
2. Push Alt + T.
3. Click Manage Add-ons.
4. Select Toolbars and Extensions.
5. Click Disable Ourcommonstories.com.
6. Click More information link in the left-bottom corner.
7. Click Remove button.
8. If this button is grayed out – perform alternative steps.

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove Ourcommonstories.com from Opera:

1. Launch Opera and select Settings.
2. Scroll down to the Privacy and security section and click Site Settings
3. Go to Notifications to see the sites whose notification permissions you’ve already allowed or denied.
4. Find Ourcommonstories.com and block it

Learn more about removing extensions from IE.

Remove Ourcommonstories.com pop-up from Chrome on Android:

1. Open the Chrome app.
2. To the right of the address bar, tap More.
3. Choose and open Settings
4. Tap Site settings and then find Ourcommonstories.com.
5. Turn of Ourcommonstories.com pop-up from Allowed to Block.

Learn more about removing viruses from Android.

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If you still got that problem, most likely there is a rogue application that causes Ourcommonstories.com pop-ups and redirects installed on your system. To finally get rid of Ourcommonstories.com adware, you should remove all recent suspicious programs that you are sure you didn’t install.

Step 2: Remove Ourcommonstories.com pop-up from system

Windows XP:

1. Click Start.
2. Control Panel.
3. Then click Add or Remove Programs.
4. Find the app.
5. Click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows XP.

Windows 7/Windows Vista:

1. Click Start.
2. Then Control Panel.
3. Click Uninstall a Program.
4. Find the app and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 7.

Windows 8/Windows 8.1:

1. Open the Menu.
2. Click Search.
3. After that click Apps.
4. Then Control Panel.
5. Then as in Windows 7, click Uninstall a Program under Programs.
6. Find the app, select it and click Uninstall.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 8 (8.1).

Windows 10:

1. Click on the Start button (or press the Windows key) to open the Start menu, click on the Settings at the top.
2. Click on Apps & features on the left menu.
3. On the right side, locate the app and click it, then click on the Uninstall button.
4. Click on Uninstall to confirm.

Learn more about uninstallation of programs in Windows 10

Note: If you can’t find required program, sort programs by date in Control panel and search for last installed programs.